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Dated: January 18, 2005.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade
Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of first request for panel
review.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On January 18, 2005, the
Canadian Lumber Remanufacturer’s
Alliance (‘‘CLRA’’) and its individual
members filed a First Request for Panel
Review with the United States Section
of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to
Article 1904 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement. A second, third,
fourth and fifth Request for Panel
Review was filed on January 19, 2005 on
behalf of the Canfor Corporation and its
affiliates Lakeland Mills Ltd. and the
Pas Lumber Company Ltd. (collectively
‘‘Canfor’’); Terminal Forest Products
Ltd. (‘‘Terminal’’); and on behalf of the
Government of Canada, the
Governments of the Provinces of
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
Ontario, and Saskatchewan, the
Gouvernement du Quebec, the
Governments of the Northwest
Territories and the Yukon Territory, the
British Columbia Lumber Trade Council
and its constituent associations (the
Coast Forest & Lumber Association and
the Council of Forest Industries), the
Ontario Forest Industries Association,
the Ontario Lumber Manufacturers
Association, Quebec Lumber
Manufacturers Association; Apex Forest
Products Inc., Aspen Planers Ltd.,
Buchanan Lumber Sales, Inc. and the
Buchanan affiliated mills, exporters and
importers (including Atikokan Forest
Products Ltd., Buchanan Forest
Products Ltd., Buchanan Northern
Hardwoods Inc., Dubreuil Forest
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Products Limited, Great West Timber
Limited, Long Lake Forest Products Inc.,
McKenzie Forest Products Inc., Nakina
Forest Products Limited, Northern
Sawmills Inc., Northern Wood, and
Solid Wood Products Inc.), Devlin
Timber (1992) Ltd., Downie Timber
Ltd., Federated Co-operative Limited,
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., Haida Forest
Products Ltd., Kenora Forest Products
Ltd., Lecours Lumber Co. Limited,
Liskeard Lumber Limited, Manitou
Forest Products Ltd., Manning
Diversified Forest Products Ltd.,
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd., Mill &
Timber Products Ltd., Nickel Lake
Lumber, North Enderby Timber Ltd.,
Olav Haavaldsrud Timber Company
Limited, Pastway Planing Limited, R.
Fryer Forest Products Limited, Selkirk
Specialty Wood Ltd., Tembec Inc., Tyee
Timber Products Ltd., and West
Hastings Lumber Products (hereafter,
‘‘the Parties’’), respectively. Panel
review was requested of the final results
of countervailing duty administrative
review and rescission of certain
company-specific reviews made by the
United States Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration,
respecting Certain Softwood Lumber
Products from Canada. This
determination was published in the
Federal Register, (69 FR 75917) on
December 20, 2004. The determination
was amended by Notice of Correction to
Final Results on December 27, 2004 , 69
Federal Register 77220. The NAFTA
Secretariat has assigned Case Number
USA–CDA–2005–1904–01 to this
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
States, the Government of Canada and
the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
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Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was
filed with the United States Section of
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to
Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
January 18, 2005, requesting panel
review of the final determination
described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may
challenge the final determination in
whole or in part by filing a Complaint
in accordance with Rule 39 within 30
days after the filing of the first Request
for Panel Review (the deadline for filing
a Complaint is February 17, 2005);
(b) A Party, investigating authority or
interested person that does not file a
Complaint but that intends to appear in
support of any reviewable portion of the
final determination may participate in
the panel review by filing a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 40
within 45 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline
for filing a Notice of Appearance is
March 4, 2005); and
(c) The panel review shall be limited
to the allegations of error of fact or law,
including the jurisdiction of the
investigating authority, that are set out
in the Complaints filed in the panel
review and the procedural and
substantive defenses raised in the panel
review.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 05–1617 Filed 1–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade
Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of first request for panel
review.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On January 18, 2005, the
Ontario Forest Industries Association,
the Ontario Lumber Manufacturers
Association and Tembec, Inc. filed a
First Request for Panel Review with the
United States Section of the NAFTA
Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement. Panel review was requested
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Request for Panel Review
AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of first request for panel review.
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SUMMARY: On January 18, 2005, the Canadian Lumber Remanufacturer's
Alliance (``CLRA'') and its individual members filed a First Request
for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA
Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. A second, third, fourth and fifth Request for Panel Review
was filed on January 19, 2005 on behalf of the Canfor Corporation and
its affiliates Lakeland Mills Ltd. and the Pas Lumber Company Ltd.
(collectively ``Canfor''); Terminal Forest Products Ltd.
(``Terminal''); and on behalf of the Government of Canada, the
Governments of the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
Ontario, and Saskatchewan, the Gouvernement du Quebec, the Governments
of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory, the British
Columbia Lumber Trade Council and its constituent associations (the
Coast Forest & Lumber Association and the Council of Forest
Industries), the Ontario Forest Industries Association, the Ontario
Lumber Manufacturers Association, Quebec Lumber Manufacturers
Association; Apex Forest Products Inc., Aspen Planers Ltd., Buchanan
Lumber Sales, Inc. and the Buchanan affiliated mills, exporters and
importers (including Atikokan Forest Products Ltd., Buchanan Forest
Products Ltd., Buchanan Northern Hardwoods Inc., Dubreuil Forest
Products Limited, Great West Timber Limited, Long Lake Forest Products
Inc., McKenzie Forest Products Inc., Nakina Forest Products Limited,
Northern Sawmills Inc., Northern Wood, and Solid Wood Products Inc.),
Devlin Timber (1992) Ltd., Downie Timber Ltd., Federated Co-operative
Limited, Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., Haida Forest Products Ltd., Kenora
Forest Products Ltd., Lecours Lumber Co. Limited, Liskeard Lumber
Limited, Manitou Forest Products Ltd., Manning Diversified Forest
Products Ltd., Midway Lumber Mills Ltd., Mill & Timber Products Ltd.,
Nickel Lake Lumber, North Enderby Timber Ltd., Olav Haavaldsrud Timber
Company Limited, Pastway Planing Limited, R. Fryer Forest Products
Limited, Selkirk Specialty Wood Ltd., Tembec Inc., Tyee Timber Products
Ltd., and West Hastings Lumber Products (hereafter, ``the Parties''),
respectively. Panel review was requested of the final results of
countervailing duty administrative review and rescission of certain
company-specific reviews made by the United States Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, respecting Certain
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada. This determination was published
in the Federal Register, (69 FR 75917) on December 20, 2004. The
determination was amended by Notice of Correction to Final Results on
December 27, 2004 , 69 Federal Register 77220. The NAFTA Secretariat
has assigned Case Number USA-CDA-2005-1904-01 to this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace domestic
judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and
countervailing duty cases involving imports from a NAFTA country with
review by independent binational panels. When a Request for Panel
Review is filed, a panel is established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final determination to determine
whether it conforms with the antidumping or countervailing duty law of
the country that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on
January 1, 1994, the Government of the United States, the Government of
Canada and the Government of Mexico established Rules of Procedure for
Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the United States
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the
Agreement, on January 18, 2005, requesting panel review of the final
determination described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may challenge the final
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance
with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is February 17,
2005);
(b) A Party, investigating authority or interested person that does
not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any
reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the
panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule
40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel
Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is March 4,
2005); and
(c) The panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error
of fact or law, including the jurisdiction of the investigating
authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in the panel review
and the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 05-1617 Filed 1-27-05; 8:45 am]
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